Wim Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Today I received a commission to make a branding iron for an antique furniture dealer. He does a lot of restoration work, mostly antique wooden furniture, and wants to put his name on his work, which is an honourable thing. I am thinking of making an oval cup with a flat bottom in steel and hard punching the text in the bottom. Then pouring molten copper into the cup, and afterwards mounting the copper blob onto a steel backing plate with a long handle. That way he can heat the copper part with a torch. Anybody got any experience in such a thing? Will the copper maybe stick to the steel mould? I would appriciate any advice, thanks! Wim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersenj20 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 It can stick to the mold, but an easy solution is coat the mold with an acetylene flame leaving a black soot coating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easilyconfused Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I would look into some metalcasting info. melting metal in a home foundry, backyard metalcasting, metal casting is a good one and links to a forum too. There are many different ways to do it if you don't want to make it in metal. Depends on the intricacy and detail you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I brand most of my Woodworking stuff including tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 And helpers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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